Which story element is defined as the highest point of action in a text

Which of the following should NOT be within an essay's introduction paragraph?

When a question asks you to provide the main idea, what should you do?

What does a thesis statement do in an essay?

Which of the following writing strategies is MOST likely going to separate an poorly written paper from an above average paper?

What is the sequence of events in a story which includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

The lesson or message an author, poet, or playwright wants to convey; stated as a sentence or phrase.

The author's reason for writing. Examples include to persuade, inform, entertain, and express.

Using what you know in addition to what is provided in the text to draw a conclusion and/ or make a generalization.

Fill-in the blank: providing a definition or explaining the topic of the essay is _____________. (usually acts as a definition)

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.

Which point of view is being used in this example?

Which point of view is being used in the following?

"Effie Trinket trots to the podium and gives her signature, “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” But suddenly I am thinking of Gale and how the odds are not in his favor."

_{from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins}

In the text The Tell-Tale Heart, the tone of the text is suspenseful. Which of the following BEST describes the word tone?

Which story element ties up all the loose ends and takes care of the conflict in a story?

Which story element introduces the characters and setting?

What is a counterclaim?

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

The man hummed along with the song playing in his headphones.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

Today was like my birthday, Christmas, and the Fourth of July all rolled into one.

What type of figurative language is being used in the sentence below?

We were stopped at that red light for an eternity.

Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business.

What is the central idea of this text?

Because lambs are sometimes eaten by coyotes, ranchers may hunt or trap the coyotes. However, killing coyotes may upset nature's balance. Scientists have found a way to protect sheep without killing coyotes. Coyotes are fed lamb meat treated with a drug. When they eat the meat, they get sick. Later, coyotes won't even go near lambs. They'll hunt rabbits instead.

What is the central idea of this text?

Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.

What does the author want you to learn about the passage? (central idea)

"Are you already done?" his father asked. "It seems like you just got in the water." Jacob was finished with his bath in two minutes. He got his body and hair wet, rubbed shampoo on his hair, washed his body with soap, and rinsed off. He liked fast baths so to have more time to play. In fact, Jacob never took a long bath. To him, the faster the bath, the better.

What is the central idea of the passage?

It was July, and the sun

toasted the emerald grass

until it smelled of warmth

and green and life.

It was July, and my heart

soaked up the air warmth

until it sang of joy

and love and life.

What is the main idea of this poem?

When do you need an in-text citation?

"I caught a fish as big as a house," is an example of what literary device?

The trapeze artist stood high on the platform. The whole crowd was silent. The trapeze artist rubbed his hands on his knees, grabbed the flying trapeze, and sprung into the air. Just as the trapeze had swung its full length, the trapeze artist released his grip and did a triple flip. He narrowly caught a second trapeze bar and swung from it by his legs. The crowd cheered. Another trapeze artist ascended the platform.

It was noon. The sun was high in the blue sky. The air was filled with the sounds of lawn mowers and birds chirping. A door opened. A young boy walked outside. A woman's voice could be heard from the house yelling, "Wait for me, Michael." The young boy did not wait. He ran to the sidewalk and began jumping. "Yeah! Yeah! Machine gun!" he yelled, pointing an invisible gun in all directions. He took imaginary shots every few seconds and pantomimed the recoil.

Chad tightened his grip on the rope. He could feel his fingers weakening. "Come on, Chad! Pull! We're losing ground!" shouted his teammate George. Chad gazed at the mud puddle toward which he and George were being dragged. Then he looked up at his opponents. They were screaming something, but Chad couldn't quite hear it. The muscles in his arms and shoulders were tightening. "It's now or never!" George shouted. Chad dug his heels in the dirt and pulled with all his strength.

How to grill by Steven Raichlen 

Once you have your grill assembled, the next thing to decide is where to put it.  A grill puts out a lot of heat, so you should position it several feet away from the side of the house or any plants or shrubbery.  You'll have an easier time with a spot that is sheltered from the wind.  When positioning a grill on a wooden deck, remember that sparks and live embers can fall from a charcoal grill.  

Alice's adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering, in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is.

Which type of irony is being used here?

A man looked out of the window to see the storm intensify. He turned to his friend and said “Wonderful weather we’re having!”

Which type of irony is being used here?

Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an award for cleanliness!"

Which type of irony is being used?

In your history book, you read about a young man in the Revolutionary War who kills a British soldier.  That soldier who was killed turns out to be his favorite cousin.

Which type of irony is being used here?

In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life.  On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.

Which type of irony is being used here?